St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-09


point? asks Ruth Oliver in the Chicago
News. Study, analyze and reduce to
systematic methods? She can regard
herself as woman of business; physi-
cal strength her capital: the health, COM
fort and well-being of herself and her
family the gain. Like other capitalists
her endeavor must be to obtain the
largest returns from the smallest eX-
penditure. But while the man of bust
ness takes careful count of his stock and
jealousy watches each investment, the
wasteful of a capital that once
lost can seldom be retrieved. The
judicious use of strength must conse-
quently be her first study. Let this
business woman take notebook and pen
Gil and make memorandum of the
work necessary for her to perform in
week. If she is a houSekeeper only and
needs but to apportion the duties of her
servants, the task is light one. If she
employs one maid it is more difficult:
but if she is herself not only house
keeper but also maid, seamstress and
nurse girl, the problem to be solved be-
comes intricate. Her memorandum
will run something after this fashion,
perhaps:
washing, ironing, sweeping, dust
ing. cleaning shelves and closets to
clear, mending, baking, twenty-one
meals to prepare, dishes of twenty-one
meals to wash, chamber work, children
to battle and dress, making of clothing.
preserving for winter use fruits and
vegetables in their season." This is the
usual routine, unless the memorandum
is that of farmers wife, and in that
case the duties are not half enumerated.
In systemiZing the work, begin with
Monday and decide what is the most
essential occupation of that day. Wash
ing usually fills it, but unless house is
supplied with servants it is well to
leave that task until the following day.
Soiled garments have to be gathered TO-
gether, sorted and put to soak on the
afternoon preceding 'waSh day." If
this is Mondays work the housekeeper
is obliged to break in upon Sunday af-
ternOon and commence preparations for
the next day. This is not well. She
needs all the rest that Sunday brings.
Monday usually finds house III more
disorder. too, than does any other morn
ing. Let our hOuSekeeper, then. decide
upon Monday as general cleaning day.
Fresh papers can be placed on cup
board shelves; the contents of closets
can be inspected and one can peer into
every nook and corner that does not
daily meet the eye. The garnet can be
regulated and careful examination
made of the condition of the cellar. Let
this be also ''disinfecting day" Dis
solve half-pound package of chloride
of lime in bucket of water. Sprinkle
cellar floors and walls with this, and
pour the remainder into sink drains,
stationary washstand pipes and water
closets. If this be followed up on each
Monday of the year no day will bring in
larger returns of good health than ''dis-
injecting day."
La the afternoon all the preparations
possible for tightening the work of
Tuesdays washing can be made. Wash
ing is hard work. No other day makes
such lnroads on the housekeeper's CAPT
tai if she performs all the labor herself.
So do not persist in adding cleaning to
the outlay of strength. If it is desirable
4 to use the soap suds that remain from
the washing. tub of water can be set
aside and reheated when needed.
Before evening the freshly washed
articles must be folded and Sprinkled.